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TWC Deploys WiFi in SoCal

Coming to (or already arrived at) a utility pole really near you in Southern California… Time Warner’s new WiFi system!

With $15M of new strand-mounted WiFi access point equipment supplied by BelAir Networks, this new network is apparently intended to provided wide area WiFi coverage in TWC’s service areas.

Presently, TWC’s SoCal deployment is spotty . . . → Read More: TWC Deploys WiFi in SoCal

General

Orgonite: The Cure for Cell Towers!

I’ve just learned about an amazing but little known homemade compound structure that can protect people from cell towers. It’s called Orgonite, and you can make it at home.

According to the following text I found on the Internet, Orgonite has amazing properties! According to the Orgonite web site:

Orgonite: A proven effective solution.

This . . . → Read More: Orgonite: The Cure for Cell Towers!

General

CTIA’s Worst Fear: Point-of-Sale Access to Consumer Information

The Cellular Telephone Industry Association (the CTIA) sued the City and County of San Francisco on July 23, 2010 in an attempt to overturn the City’s new ordinance requiring disclosure of the “Specific Absorption Rate” (SAR) data. The Ordinance is titled the “Cell Phone Right-to-Know Ordinance” (Ordinance No. 155-10).

So what is a SAR, anyway?

. . . → Read More: CTIA’s Worst Fear: Point-of-Sale Access to Consumer Information

FCC

Major New RF Safety Practice Guide

The Public Law Journal of the State Bar of California has published Jonathan’s Kramer paper, “A Practical Guide to Radio Frequency Emissions Safety.” The article appears in the Summer 2009 edition (Vol. 32, No. 3).

This guide discusses how local government agencies can properly and effectively deal with RF safety issues that come up in . . . → Read More: Major New RF Safety Practice Guide

General

Do Cell Towers Sneak into Neighborhoods in Disguise?

August 30, 2009: In a copyrighted story in The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California), reporter Jeff Horseman discusses how cell phone sites are are being hidden within clock towers, camouflaged mono-trees, and church steeples. This is a very informative and balanced article.

Jonathan is quoted throughout the story, titled “Cell phone towers sneaking in to Inland neighborhoods . . . → Read More: Do Cell Towers Sneak into Neighborhoods in Disguise?

RF Safety

Horse Manure Posting of the Week

Two Billion may suffer from cell phone cancers by 2020. Or maybe not. Or maybe it’ll be cancer induced by space aliens. Or maybe not. Or maybe it’ll be global warming, or global cooling, or…

Click here to read the horse manure posting of the week.

jlk

General

Plans for the Wireless Blog Development

Here’s a road map to where I’ll be taking this blog over the next few weeks to several months…

I intend to start discussions regarding wireless basics for wireless planners. This series will dig into the elements of wireless sites from the aesthetic and transmission standpoints; I’ll be delving into the thorny subject of RF . . . → Read More: Plans for the Wireless Blog Development

General

On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study

An empirical ‘study’ conducted at MIT in 2005 sheds light on the effectiveness of aluminum foil to shied the brain from external radio frequency radiation sources. It’s a must read if you have some time to kill.

MIT Empirical Study

LINK to online version.

. . . → Read More: On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study

General

Wireless 101 Presentation to the City of Oceanside, California

On January 24, 2008 I had the pleasure of presenting my Wireless 101 lecture to the Planning Commission of the City of Oceanside, California. The lecture covers fundamentals of cell tower siting in a non-technical manner. I also use dozens of high-resolution photographs to illustrate the technology. No, I don’t shy away from dealing with . . . → Read More: Wireless 101 Presentation to the City of Oceanside, California